Government Auctions And Police Auctions

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Auctioning off merchandise on eBay is one of the earliest and perhaps most effective ways to sell goods and develop a rewarding online home based business. A few years ago it was quite easy to make money this way, however, lately eBay has been increasingly competitive with sellers, making it difficult to track down items that are unique and cheap enough to make a decent profit from. If you use online wholesalers, you are at a competitive disadvantage among eBayer's, because many receive volume discounted pricing on merchandise that you would have to compete against.

Here is a way you can have a competitive advantage and make much higher profit margins then long time eBayers. There are millions of items that the government acquires through diverse means such as bankruptcies, unpaid taxes, repossessed items, unclaimed items or government surplus that they simply want to quickly get rid of. You can buy these items either online from government web sites or from live government auctions held locally across the US and Canada. Because the government has a zero cost basis for these items, they aren't concerned about selling at high prices like a wholesaler is, so you can purchase items for far less then what they are worth.

Purchasing products at government auctions means you are getting deeply discounted distinctive merchandise. These auctions have a broad range of products that are effective for selling on eBay including items such as jewelry, electronics, office equipment, etc. Many of the items are sold in bulk or larger quantities which allows for a quicker eBay set-up for the items. To provide an example, at a government auction I recently attended someone bought 11 ATM machines for $45 each which they sold for $467 each and another person bought 43 digital cameras for $600 which they auctioned off on eBay for a 700 percent profit.

So if you've never sold an item on eBay then I would recommend going to eBay and spending 15 minutes creating a free eBay account and entering a fabricated sale item (just follow eBay's prompts). This will help you to understand how to sell items on eBay and show you how painless it is.

Then visit the Government Auction Review Site below and check which government auction site is the right one for locating the best government auctions and items listed at each (both online and live auctions). Once you know the government auction site that will offer access to virtually unlimited items for you to resale, then join that site.

All you have to do now is explore government auction sale items online and/or visit a local live government auction. Then buy items amongst the many great deals and list them on eBay for a nice profit. Viola, eBay's entire audience has access to your products and can now bid on them.

Congratulations, you are on your way to what will definitely be a very lucrative Internet business.

To read reviews and ratings on the top government surplus auction sites check out Government Surplus

Many people don't realize that in addition to government property auctions, you can buy seized cars and trucks, unclaimed freight and baggage, jewelry, electronics, furniture, office equipment, and a HUGE assortment of other items sold at Government Auctions and Police Auctions everyday! They usually sell for substantially lower prices than you can get anywhere else - sometimes up to 90% off! This is merchandise that is seized by US Customs, DEA, the IRS, and merchandise that is auctioned from abandoned storage facilities. Computers, furs, fixtures, and all sorts of valuable equipment and merchandise.

There are so many government auctions and police auctions, the trick is finding the right ones. Websites have sprung up to help you do just that. These are membership sites that aggregate, or compile lists of auctions, agencies, and such, and sort them by auction type, location, etc.

Unfortunately, all these sites are not created equal. If you are going to look at buying through government auctions, you want the largest possible selection. Some of these sites go to great trouble and expense compiling and updating their databases, some simply do searches and slap together the results. Take care when you join a government auction web site; read through the reviews at Government Auction Site Reviews as suggested above.

One of the best all-around sites I have found is Government Auctions.org. This site has the largest and most current database of the main auction categories: Real estate, seized and surplus merchandise, and abandoned property.

I was viewing the latest foreclosures and couldn't help but notice the number of high end properties and houses in nice locations. For example the following was listed:

• 1 bedroom condo in Santa Barbara, California for $100K that was near the beautiful coastline.


• 3 bedroom house in Del Ray Oaks near the Pebble Beach coastline for $408K.


• 2 and 3 bedroom modern houses in Santa Maria on the coastline that were $176K and $300K.
• Properties listed in Hawaii with foreclosure pricing as low as $59K.

These are some examples of perhaps the only good thing resulting from the real estate bust, that being cheaper housing for investors and first time buyers with available credit .

There are over 250,000 foreclosure listings, check out Government Auctions to see the complete list.